This may work in the Netherlands, but in my country (Canada) where it’s a 2 hour drive to the next city, it simply isn’t feasible.

It's probably safe to assume that the vast majority of bike trips in the NL are intra-city, not inter-city. Quoted from "Cycling Facts 2018", released by the NL government:

• Of all trips involving a distance up to 7.5 kilometres, one-third are made by car and one-third are made by bicycle.
• Of all trips involving a distance ranging from 7.5 to 15 kilometres, 70 per cent are made by car and 15 per cent are made by bicycle.

• Between 2005 and 2015, the use of bicycles in first-mile transport to the main Dutch train stations (top 16 of embarking and disembarking passengers) has increased from 36 per cent to 44 per cent.
• Bicycle use for last-mile transport also shows some (slight) growth: from 10 per cent in 2005 to 14 per cent in 2015. This upward trend has been boosted by the introduction of rental bicycles for season-ticket holders: in 2008, such rental bicycles were used for 0.5 million rides, versus 1.9 million in 2015 and an impressive 3.2 million in 2017.

It doesn't really matter how much non-city is between your cities, you can bike in town and use public transport for long distances. If the infrastructure has been invested in.

I do, however, wish that my city was much more bicycle friendly and we had easier and cheaper options for bikes that could be enclosed from the weather.

Yes, that's key!